Head-gate.



J. SHANKS.

HEAD GATE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY29. um.

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JCSEPI-I SHANKS, OF RIGrBY, IDAHO.

HEAD-GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pgmmyd A191, 3Q? 191g-, l

Applica-tion ledi May 29, 191'?. Serial No. 171,801.

To all whom t may camera:

Be it known that I, JosErH SHANKS, a Y

citizen of the United States, residing at Rigby, in the county of deersonand State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful improvements in HeadsGates; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ol? the invention, vsuch as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to improvemeirts in headg-ates for irrigating systenis, and an object of the invention is thepnovision of a simple, .durable andf elicient headgate that can be conveniently operated and held in a novel manner in selected positions. so as to admit of the flow of water through the gate being regulated.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my i11- vention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part thereof, Vin Which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the gate,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view Vthrough the gate, and showing the gate in position, and

Fig. 3 isa side view of the valve and operating rod therefor.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the letter A designates an irrigating canal and the numeral 1 designates, as an entirety, the headgate which is designed to control the escape of water from the canal.

The lieadgate comprises a conduit 2 that extends through one of the banks of the canal and is set in plastic material, designated. 3, the said conduit having a pluralityY of peripheral reinforcing ribs @which are embedded in the plastic material 3 and serve the double function of reinforcing the conduit and also preventing longitudinal creep ing of the conduit. The inner end of the conduit 1 extends a distance linto the canal and is flared, as shown at 5, to provide a lvalve seat for a valve 6. The valve 6 consists of a substantially frustoconicalsliaped body '7 and a ring shaped packing 8, which. is formed preferably of leather and is se cured to the body 7 in any suitable manner. A. metallic strip 9 is bent into U form and inserted within the body 7 of the valve 6 and one side of the Usha ed strip is extended outwardly beyond te adjacent end of the bcdy 7,` as shown at 10, and thence curved rearwardly, as shown at 11, and provided with an opening that loosely receives a guilde rod 12. rlhe guide' rod 12 formed .of

a. Hat strip of metal and overlies the innerend .Y

of the conduit 2 and has one .end thereof inserted between the conduit and: the plastic material, the said end of the rod being pre.- vided with a plural-ity of ribs 13;, which. are pressedupwardly therefron'i and cope-rate with the ribs 4: on the conduit 2 for assisting in holding the guide rod in operative posi.- tion. The louter end of the guide rod l2 extends a distance beyond the inner end of the conduit 2 and adapted to guide the valve during its movement to either .open or closed position. An operating` rod 141C extends through the con-duit 2 and has the inner end thereof bifurcated1 as at 15, and the fingers of the bifurcated endS entend through the inner side ol the body 7 of the valve t3 and through the bight portion of the U-shaped strip 9 and nuts 16 are turned on the ends of the lingers of the biurcatedend o the rod 14:` and secure the body 7, lJ-shaped rod 9 and operating rod 14 in assembled position.

A pair of angular' shaped bars 17 are secured to the outer end of the conduits 2 and each has o'ne end extended beyond the outer end of the conduit and a'lever 18 is positioned between the bars 17 and is formed of a strip of metal bent into inverted substantially U forni and has the lower ends of the sides thereof receiving therebetween the outer end of the rod 1l. rlhe lower ends of the sides of the lever have alined openings therein for registering with any one of the openings of a longitudinal series, designated 19, formed in the outer end olf' the rod 1l, for the reception oli' a pivot pin 20. Each of the sides of the lever 18 also has a pair of openings located one above the other and` designated 21 and 22, the said openings 21 and 22 being formed in that portion of the lever that lies'between the bars 17. The lowermost openings 21 in the sides of the lever are adapted to be registered with the openings of any opposed pair in opposed series ol? openings 23 formed in the bars 18, V'tor the reception of a pivot in 2l, so as to connect the lever 18 to the blhrs 17. When the upper end of the lever 18 is moved out wardly the lower end of the lever will be moved inwardly, resulting in the rod 1l being moved inwardly and unseating the valve 6. The inward movement of the rod .14 can be regulated by adjusting the leverV 18y either onV the rod 14 or on the lever 17,

Y,and in this manner regulating the flow of` 1 to hold the lever against movement in either Y 'jdirection 15zv From therforegoing'it will be seen that lthe valve 6 can be vmoved to and held at any desired position so as to regulate the {iow of water through the l'condut 2.

:The cotter pin 26 is carried by .a flexible element 27 secured to the lever 18, so as to prevent' the cotter pin V:trom being misplaced when withdrawn from operative position.

It is evident that various changes mightbe.l resorted to in thel form, construction and arrangement of the several parts without departingrfrom the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, is t( p 1. A water headgate for irrigating systems including a conduit, a valve located at one end or1 the conduit, an operating rod xrhaving one end connected to the valve, a

pair of spaced` elements mounted on the Copies of this patent may be obtained for ,carried by the valve and havin other @nd of the conduit and having opposed series otopenings therein, an operating leverV operatively connected with the rod v ings of the opposed series, and an element vadapted to be received by the registering openings of the opposed series and in the lever for normally holding the lever against movement. Y

2. A water headgate for irrigating systenis including aconduit, a valve located at one end of the conduit, a guide rod carried by the conduit, an element carried by the valve and having an opening therein for loosely receiving the guide rod, and an operating rod connected to tliecvalve.

3. A water lieadgate for irrigating systems including a conduit having one end flared to provide a valve seat, a valve cooperating with the seat, a U-shaped elemciu the free end of one side thereotl curved an provided with an opening, and a ouide rod carried by the conduit and received by the opening in the side of the U-shaped element.

In testimony whereoic I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH SHANKS.

Witnesses:

` W. E. ELinsoN, Y JAY H. BUSH.

ive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

